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Here's a look at immigration coming to the United States.

Legal immigration statistics

2018:

1,096,611 people obtain legal permanent residence in the United States.

The main countries of origin of these beneficiaries of the «Green Card» or legal permanent residence (LPR for its acronym in English):

- Mexico = 160,132

- Cuba = 75,159

- China = 61,848

- Dominican Republic = 57,286

- India = 56,761

2018

- The top US states where legal permanent residents live are:

- California = 200,897

- New York = 134,839

- Florida = 130,405

- Texas = 104,515

- New Jersey = 54,424

2018

- A total of 761,901 people naturalize as US citizens.

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Residents who became naturalized citizens in 2018 had spent an average of eight years in LPR status.

Immigrants born in Asia and Africa had the shortest waiting time, six years.

While those in North America had the longest waiting time, 11 years.

Undocumented immigration statistics

2018:

The Department of Homeland Security estimates that there were 12 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States in 2015, up from 11.6 million in 2010. The top countries of origin are:

- Mexico = 6.6 million

- El Salvador = 750,000

- Guatemala = 620,000

- India = 470,000

- Honduras = 440,000

- Philippines = 370,000

2015

- The top US states where unauthorized immigrants settle are:

- California (24%)

- Texas (16%)

- Florida (7%)

- New York (5%)

- Illinois (4%)

2018

- 572,566 undocumented immigrants were apprehended.

2018

- 337,287 undocumented immigrants were removed from the US

2018

- 109,803 unauthorized immigrants leave the US without a removal order.

Unaccompanied foreign minors

"Unaccompanied foreign minors" (UAC, a term used by the US Customs and Border Protection Office) are referred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, for care while they are away. solve your immigration cases:

- Fiscal year 2019 - 69,488

- Fiscal year 2018 - 49,100

- Fiscal year 2017 - 40,810

- Fiscal year 2016 - 59,170

- Fiscal year 2015 - 33,726

- Fiscal year 2014 - 57,496

Top Countries of Origin of "Unaccompanied Foreign Minors" (Fiscal Year 2019)

- Guatemala (45%)

- Honduras (30%)

- El Salvador (18%)

- Mexico (2%)

About 66% of UACs are male (fiscal year 2019).

Approximately 37% of UACs are between the ages of 15 and 16 (fiscal year 2019).

The average length of stay at the hostel was 66 days (fiscal year 2019).